UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
FACTORS DEMOTIVATE THEADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIC FARMING
AMONG SMALL SCALE PINEAPPLEFARMERS IN BATU PAHAT, JOHOR
MOHD NAZRI BIN MOHD NASIR
Final year proposal report submitted in partial fulfillment of therequirement for the degree of
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Plantation Technology andManagement
Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
January 2015
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MOHD NAZRI BIN MOHD NASIR
2012213406
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Plantation
Technology and Management
Plantation and Agrotechnology
Factors Demotivate The Adaptability Of
Organic Farming Among Small Scale
Pineapple Farmers In Batu Pahat , Johor
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ABSTRACT
Organic farming is the way to achieve the healthy food in order to improve livingstandard nowadays. With more people are aware of the cleanliness and healthiness oftheir food, farmers must adapt to fulfill the customer demand by changing theirconventional farming to organic farming. In Malaysia, pineapple is a popular commercialfruit, that sometimes people eat them freshly. Statistically, the world organic productionis uncertain and not constant. There are two main problems or issue regarding this study.Firstly is the effect on our environment and daily life from the excessive usage ofchemical pesticides. Secondly is the issue of the increasing awareness regarding healthylifestyle, which is to consume healthy food such as organic food. Country such asSingapore had once rejected our agriculture product due to high content of MaximumResidues Level (MRL). So, the purpose of this study is to study the reason whypineapple farmers are not applying organic farming. This study to be conducted to reachthe objective of relationship between the independent variables (organic farmingknowledge and environmental awareness) and the dependent variables which is thepineapple farmer's adoptability to organic farming. The methodology of this study is byquestionnaires, which the question was obtained from suitable previous study by otherresearches. The information will be gained by distributing set of questionnaires to thepineapple farmers in Batu Pahat, Johor. The statistical analysis test that will be use is,descriptive statistic test, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions.The result of thisstudy shows that there is no significant relationship between both of the knowledge oforganic farming and environmental awareness and the farmer's adaptability of organicfarming.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageABSTRACT ivABSTRAK vACKNOWLEDGEMENT viTABLE OF CONTENTS viiLIST OF TABLES ixLIST OF FIGURES xLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 11.1 Background of Study 1
1.1.1 World Statistic 41.1.2 Asia and Malaysia Statistic 4
1.2 Problem Statement 81.3 Objectives 91.4 Significant of Study 10
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 112.1 Backgrounds 112.2 Pineapple Morphology 112.3 Factors Influencing Pineapple Farmers' Adaptability to Organic Farming 12
2.3.1 Environmental Awareness 132.3.2 Organic Farming Knowledge 14
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 163.1 Location of Study 163.2 Scope of Study 163.3 Methods and Materials 16
3.3.1 Questionnaire 173.3.2 Flow Chart of Data Analysis 18
3.4 Statistical Analysis 193.4.1 Reliability Test 193.4.2 Factor Analysis 193.4.3 Descriptive Statistic 203.4.4 Correlation Analysis 213.4.5 Multiple Regression Analysis 21
3.5 Research Question 223.6 Hypotheses 223.7 Theoretical Framework 23
CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS AND RESULT 244.1 Introduction 244.2 Samples And Profiles 244.3 Goodness Of Measure 25
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4.3.1 Factor Analysis4.3.2 Reliability of Measurement4.3.3 . Descriptive Analysis
4.4 Hypotheses Testing4.4.1 Correlation Analysis4.4.2 Multiple Regression
4.5 Summary Of Result
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION5.1 Introduction5.2 Review of the Study5.3 Discussion of Major Finding5.4 Implication5.5 Limitation5.6 Conclusion
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FACTORS DEMOTIVATE THE ADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIC FARMING AMONG SMALL SCALE PINEAPPLE FARMERS IN BATU PAHAT, JOHORAPPROVAL SHEETCANDIDATE'S DECLARATIONABSTRACTABSTRAKACKNOWLEDGEMENTTABLE OF CONTENTSLIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURESLIST OF ABBREVIATIONSCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of Study1.1.1 World Statistic1.1.2 Asia and Malaysia Statistic
1.2 Problem Statement1.3 Objectives1.4 Significant of Study
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 Backgrounds2.2 Pineapple Morphology2.3 Factors Influencing Pineapple Farmers' Adaptability to Organic Farming2.3.1 Environmental Awareness2.3.2 Organic Farming Knowledge
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY3.1 Location of Study3.2 Scope of Study3.3 Methods and Materials3.3.1 Questionnaire3.3.2 Flow Chart of Data Analysis
3.4 Statistical Analysis3.4.1 Reliability Test3.4.2 Factor Analysis3.4.3 Descriptive Statistic3.4.4 Correlation Analysis3.4.5 Multiple Regression Analysis
3.5 Research Question3.6 Hypotheses3.7 Theoretical Framework
CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS AND RESULT4.1 Introduction4.2 Samples and Profiles4.3 Goodness of Measure4.3.1 Factor Analysis4.3.2 Reliability of Measurement4.3.3 Descriptive Analysis
4.4 Hypotheses Testing4.4.1 Correlation Analysis4.4.2 Multiple Regression
4.5 Summary Of Result
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION5.1 Introduction5.2 Review of the Study5.3 Discussion of Major Finding5.4 Implication5.5 Limitation5.6 Conclusion
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